Bangladesh national cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket team is the national cricket team for Bangladesh. The rules are set by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. It played its first Test match in 2000 against India in Dhaka. Bangladesh was the tenth Test cricket playing nation.
| Bangladesh | |
|---|---|
| Test status granted | 2000 |
| First Test match | v |
| Captain | Mominul Haque (Test)
Tamim Iqbal (ODI) Mahmudullah (T20I) |
| Coach | Steve Rhodes |
| Official ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking | 9th (Test), 6th (ODI), 8th (T20I) [1] |
| Test matches – This year | 73 1 |
| Last Test match | v 23x15px England at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Bangladesh, 13–17 Novemmber 2012 (In progress) |
| Wins/losses – This year | 3/63 –/– |
| As of 15 November 2012 | |
Bangladesh's first time in international cricket came in the 1979 ICC Trophy in England. They left the tournament with 2 wins and 2 defeats. Seven years later, on 31 March 1986, Bangladesh played in its first ODI match against Pakistan in the 1986 Asia Cup. Bangladesh won the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia. By winning the tournament, Bangladesh qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup for the first time. In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular ICC member with the right to play ODIs. It got the status of a Test playing country on 26 June 2000. Bangladesh has the record for most losses in a row in Tests (21 between 1999 and 2002) and ODIs (23 between 2001 and 2004).
As of April 2012, Bangladesh has played 73 Tests, winning only 3. Its first victory was against Zimbabwe. The other two were against a West Indian team crippled by a players' strike. Of the 63 matches it has lost, 35 were by an innings.[1] The team has been more successful in ODIs, having won 72 of its 262 matches.[2] They have also played 18 Twenty20 Internationals, winning four.[3]
Tournament history
| World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| Not eligible | |||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||
| Did not qualify | |||||||
| Round 1 | 9/12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg 2003 | Round 1 | 13/14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 23x15px 2007 | Second Round | 7/16 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Round 1 | 9/14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Qualified | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| - | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Total | 26 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | ||
| World Twenty20 record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| File:Flag of South Africa.svg 2007 | Second Round | 8/12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Round 1 | 9/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23x15px 2010 | Round 1 | 9/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23x15px 2012 | Round 1 | 9/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2014 | Qualified | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Asia Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1984 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 23x15px 1986 | First Round | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1988 | First Round | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| First Round | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 1995 | First Round | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23x15px 1997 | First Round | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2000 | First Round | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23x15px 2004 | Second Round | 4/6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Second Round | 4/6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23x15px 2010 | First Round | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2012 | Runner Up | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Champions Trophy record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1998 | Not eligible | |||||||
| Round 1 | 10/11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23x15px 2002 | Round 1 | 11/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Round 1 | 11/12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Round 1 | 9/10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multisport Events | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| File:Flag of Malaysia.svg 1998 Commonwealth Games | Round 1 | 14/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2010 Asian Games | Champions | 1/9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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References
- ↑ Statsguru – Bangladesh – Test matches – Team analysis, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-04-27
- ↑ Statsguru – Bangladesh – ODI matches – Team analysis, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-04-27
- ↑ Statsguru – Bangladesh – T20I matches – Team analysis, Cricinfo, retrieved 2012-04-27